Taylor Swift took pop songwriter of the yr on the 2024 BMI Pop Awards, which had been held on the Beverly Wilshire Resort in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Tuesday (June 4).
Swift had a hand in writing 10 of BMI’s most-performed songs of 2023 – “Anti-Hero,” “Bejeweled,” “Merciless Summer time,” “Karma,” “Lavender Haze,” “Maroon,” “Midnight Rain,” “Snow on the Seashore,” “Vigilante Shit” and “You’re on Your Personal, Child.” Swift has acquired a complete of 65 BMI Awards, together with the BMI President’s Award in 2009.
On Nov. 10, 2023, Swift acquired her seventh Grammy nomination for track of the yr for “Anti-Hero,” which enabled her to set a brand new file for essentially the most nods within the class.
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Miley Cyrus, Gregory ‘Aldae’ Hein and Michael Pollack received the BMI Pop Award for track of the yr for Cyrus’ megahit, “Flowers.” The smash entered the Billboard Sizzling 100 at No. 1 and remained there for eight nonconsecutive weeks. It received Grammys for file of the yr and greatest pop solo efficiency on Feb. 4 (and was nominated for track of the yr).
Sony Music Publishing acquired writer of the yr for the seventh yr in a row. The corporate represented 34 of the earlier yr’s most carried out songs, together with “Anti-Hero,” “Barbie World,” “Eyes Closed,” “Flowers,” “Trustfall” and “Unholy.”
As beforehand introduced, Benny Blanco, 36, acquired the BMI President’s Award. Blanco has received 55 BMI Awards, was named songwriter of the yr 4 occasions, and received pop track of the yr in 2013 for co-writing “Strikes Like Jagger” carried out by Maroon 5 that includes Christina Aguilera.
Blanco has acquired two Grammy nods for track of the yr, for the Julia Michaels hit “Points” and the Justin Bieber smash “Love Your self.” Blanco has gone 0-11 on the Grammys through the years, so this BMI recognition was most likely particularly significant.
Blanco was introduced with the award by BMI president and CEO Mike O’Neill, who praised the songwriter as an “unstoppable artistic drive who has formed the sound of in style music.” A few of Blanco’s prime collaborators, together with Lil Dicky, John Janick, Blake Slatkin and Ed Sheeran, despatched in video congratulatory messages. Sia then hit the stage to carry out Rihanna’s 2012 hit “Diamonds,” which she co-wrote with Blanco.
On receiving the honour, Blanco stated, “We’ve got one of the best job on the planet, and we’re so grateful and fortunate to be on this room. We’ve got the chance to make issues higher by music and assist individuals. We’re giving the soundtrack to peoples’ lives.”
Earlier recipients of the BMI President’s Award embrace Luis Fonsi, Noel Gallagher, Ellie Goulding, Think about Dragons, Jay Kay of Jamiroquai, Ludacris, P!nk, Willie Nelson, Pitbull, Taylor Swift, Brian Wilson, and Dwight Yoakam.
BMI celebrated 53 first-time Pop Award winners together with Sabrina Carpenter (“Nonsense”), Ice Spice (“Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2”), Jelly Roll and Rob Ragosta (“Want a Favor”), Kamille (“I’m Good (Blue)”) and Stephen Sanchez (“Till I Discovered You”).
The non-public occasion was co-hosted by O’Neill and BMI vp, artistic, worldwide, Barbara Cane.
For the total listing of 2024 honorees, go to https://www.bmi.com/award-shows/pop-2024/
